Chapter 217 - One Punch (1/2)

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”RUN!” A heavenly cultivator shouted, his cultivation base was erupting to its limits in retreat. The surrounding space trembled and he dashed away without any hesitation. As he looked back, his eyes constricted to a needlepoint in horror.

This cultivator had originally been in the head of a gigantus corpse. Unfortunately, Yan Zaizen had just breathed in the entirety of this corpse and the lifeforce that stayed within. As he did, his shroud of deathly aura became denser and terrifying. The surrounding space it inhabited was being absorbed to the point it didn't seem as if it existed in the spatial void or chaotic space. It was as if it was a realm of death.

Bing He had immense terror in her eyes as she retreated. The original madness and hatred she felt were still prevalent but it was beaten back and overwhelmed thoroughly by fear. The other heavenly cultivators created distance from the battle, leaving Yan Zaizen to enjoy himself thoroughly as the corpses were absorbed.

At this moment, the whites of his eyes were black, the inscriptions on his body extended and grew, it covered his entire body. As he walked, the aura of death was densely permeating the surroundings. A single look left one stifled and felt as if their existence was being siphoned by it.

”Third one!” With a satisfied exclamation, Yan Zaizen felt lively despite his deathly aura. Unfortunately, the other corpses were stored away, and they departed by ripping space and leaving without any hesitation. As he had to siphon the corpses, he couldn't follow them.

”Tch, greedy people. Can't share?” He curled his lips in dissatisfaction. Yan Zaizen turned to check the others, but it seemed they had all used his tiny window of absorption to rip open rifts in space and depart, some of them — the weaker ones — used spatial talismans to depart. Because of the formations to restrict his escape via space, they were left with no other option.

It was quite laughable.

After a vast majority departed, only two groups remained.

Yun Baili and Hei Long's.

Even Bing He left. The only trump card she had was the coffins, but she wasn't willing to throw away thousands of years of her life to only have it be absorbed by another. Therefore, despite her high pride, she threw it aside and decided to focus on preserving her life.

Hei Long had three individuals standing behind him. Each individual seemed to be profoundly powerful, having a heavenly cultivation base at the fourth-floor and wore calm expressions. To them, Yan Zaizen was definitely ferocious, but he wasn't invincible. Not to mention, they had their own methods.

However, when Yan Zaizen turned his death-filled gaze towards their direction, they felt a tremor that originated from their souls and heavenly shrines. It was as if their conceptual laws were trembling, desiring a retreat from this malevolent existence. Their calm expressions were simultaneously replaced with solemn ones.

Hei Long, however, had his eyes flash with an emerald-green light.

”A Mortal Dao?” Yan Zaizen was intrigued. This young man seemed to radiate an aura of a true dao, not a bestowed one. These individuals generally are dozens, if not, hundreds of times stronger than their cultivation equivalent counterparts. This man still had a smile on his face, his conceptual laws and soul didn't quiver a single bit.

”It doesn't seem to be a lower-tier one either,” Yan Zaizen noted, his eyes growing with interest.

”Your cultivation is truly incredible, your Fiendgod law is remarkably profound!” Hei Long praised.

He misunderstood Yan Zaizen's deathly aura with a vital energy base as a Fiendgod law. This was when Fiendgod Bodily Methods use specific heavenly materials to refine their bodies, typically relating to a specific concept or an overall law. This was why Ma Xiuren went after the heavenly materials in the Asura Phantom Realm rather than the pills, to find heavenly materials to help refine her vital energy.

This type of Fiendgod law didn't rely on comprehension but on intensity. The greater the Fiendgod rank, the greater the law's power. In the Xiantu Realm, Fiendgod Bodily Methods didn't exist. There wasn't a single individual who reached the Fiendgod level, only Yan Zaizen did unintentionally after refining his organs, meridians, and acupuncture points with Heavenly Law Liquid.

Towards the Immortal Herculean Method, it takes the path of a Herculean, not a Fiendgod, therefore it doesn't focus upon vital energy and only inadvertently developed towards that path. Its primary focus was on the fleshy body itself.

Yan Zaizen laughed, ”Thank you!” He didn't care if this young man thought wrongly, but a compliment was something he could wholeheartedly accept.

”Your Dao is fascinating as well, I must say, I feel even my dao is inferior in comparison.” Hei Long smilingly said, but Yan Zaizen only jubilantly laughed in response.

With an inhale, Yan Zaizen's deathly aura retracted, completely merging into his body and painting his normally healthy skin an inky, black color. ”I wonder, what is it you want?” With a wave of his hand, a token appeared, ”this?”

The token appeared ordinary but had 'Xiuhei - Heavenly' on its two sides. These characters gave one the feeling of an immensity comparable to the heavens.

Hei Long and Yun Baili's eyes lit up with a light suffused with intense desire after seeing this token, but they didn't take action. Patiently, they held their impulses down.

”How about I offer a trade?” Hei Long proposed.

”No.” Decisively, Yan Zaizen rejected.

”I see.” Eyes flickering with emerald-green light, he tensed his heavenly might and the aura exuding from his body was awe-inspiring.

”Oh? Spatial laws?” Yan Zaizen could feel space fluctuate oddly for quite a distance. Unfortunately, the heavenly might that permeated the space was only at the two-floor in intensity. To Yan Zaizen, this didn't offer any threat. The moment it came into contact with his inky, black skin, it was absorbed and caused the aura of death to increase in intensity.

”...” Hei Long saw this and felt helpless internally. He had witnessed Yan Zaizen absorb the spatial void and even chaotic space leaving an absolute void that didn't affect him. His death law enabled him to convert all sources into itself, that was troublesome. He calculated the possibilities of winning, but when he factored in Sky Shatter, the caution in his eyes increased.

With a sigh, he gave one last look at the uniquely powerful Yan Zaizen, ”You truly possess the qualifications to participate in the trials.” With those words, he and his group decisively retreated. After they disappeared, Yan Zaizen felt awkward. He also felt a little dumb.

”What trial?” Inquiring to no one particular, he looked at the token, ”could it be that this token opened a trial? A unique one?” As he wasn't knowledgeable in the Sirius Titan Realm, he couldn't help but feel a little lost. Regardless, he didn't have any intention to participate in a trial with the token unless Ma Xiuren desired it. After all, this was her token, not his. He was only its keeper, using it as a light to find her.

However, Yun Baili didn't seem to be like Hei Long, his eyes flashing with ice-cold decisiveness and killing intent. To him, that token represented a better life and future. To him, this was his chance to no longer be within his brother's shadow and create his own shadow!